# Compliment, chat up, flirt with your doper of choice here. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541 "2005-02-17T15:02:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/381 "2005-02-23T20:38:52Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Testing is simple, you just grab on, get the engine running, and pull…oh, and HOLD ON! These things operate at a high pressure! > Now, if it’s a massage you’re in for, I can handle that for you…large hands, y’know… I’m not very mechanically inclined. I think I’m going to need your close supervision and guidance. large…hands, you said? A massage does sound wonderful! ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/382 "2005-02-23T21:55:21Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > What are you offering? Although talking to you is certainly helpful. > > The call is run by someone who seems to be…slow. The people who keep asking questions seem to be slow. > And I have mounds of work staring at me! :mad: Unfortunately, got caught up in my own interminable phone meeting. Ugh. How can someone talk so fast, for so long, and say so little? Massages seem to be going around, I could offer up one of those… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/383 "2005-02-23T22:11:13Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Unfortunately, got caught up in my own interminable phone meeting. Ugh. How can someone talk so fast, for so long, and say so little? > > Massages seem to be going around, I could offer up one of those… 😉 I don’t know how people can do this! I’m \*busy \* people! Buzz off! I’ll agree to the massage but it has to be mutual, since you had to deal with your own phone morons. Aaaaaaargh! ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/384 "2005-02-23T22:15:11Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I don’t know how people can do this! I’m \*busy \* people! Buzz off! > > I’ll agree to the massage but it has to be mutual, since you had to deal with your own phone morons. > > Aaaaaaargh! Fair enough. What kind? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/385 "2005-02-23T22:24:06Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Fair enough. What kind? 😉 Perhaps a topic better discussed in private, and away from all the voyeurs on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/386 "2005-02-23T22:32:58Z")
> [@Jaade](#): > > I’m not very mechanically inclined. I think I’m going to need your close supervision and guidance. > large…hands, you said? A massage does sound wonderful! Oh never fear, **Jaade** my dear, I will guide you carefully and closely until you can handle that hose like a pro. Yes, hands, among other things…(my pinky is a ring size 12, on which rests a silver Aztec calendar ring I got in Mexico I have had more than a few compliments on my massage techniques and abilities, if I do say so myself. Would you prefer a powder, oil, hot stone, or perhaps Reiki? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/387 "2005-02-23T22:43:21Z")
> [@Jaade](#): > > **Monstre** , I’ve seen your picture m’dear…how old could you possibly have been in 1993? 13, 14? Hee hee – idle flattery will get you everywhere… 😉 Are you thinking of the younger pic I posted, when Monstre was a young whelp? That one’s not current. (Although the second one I posted in the photo thread is very recent). Oh, and… Monstre \<— pianist = skilled hands. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirt_Ninja_13)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/388 "2005-02-24T00:15:16Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I’m having a crazy day, I could definitely use a drink. 🙂 'Course, being female, I’m not hitting on you or anything … well … there have already been discussions as to my ambiguous sexuality when I’ve been drinking … but right now … > > Oh hell, somebody just get me a beer, would you? 🙂 To the bartender (a man who looks oddly like Mike Callahan): Hey, could I get a Guiness for **Ms. Draelin**? I’ll have a vodka sour with a whiskey back, myself. _tip o’ the glass to **Medeas Child** _ Inner monologue\*: Soooo…I don’t know much of anyone here. Let’s meet some people!\* (restrains urge to _bamf_ and sets out to mingle) ---
**Author:** ![Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirt_Ninja_13)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/389 "2005-02-24T00:20:56Z")
> [@Jaade](#): > > I’d be hard pressed to pick _one_ favorite movie. Lots of movies are made better by snuggling, in my experience. 😉 well-said 🙂 _sip o’ the vodka_ sooooo (he said, trying to think of the worst opening line ever)…did you know the ninja can strike without warning? _bamf_ ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/390 "2005-02-24T00:47:06Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > [suave, debonair] Did I mention that includes 16 of the original KTMA episodes? [/s,d] Come on over here, then. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/391 "2005-02-24T02:56:42Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Oh never fear, **Jaade** my dear, I will guide you carefully and closely until you can handle that hose like a pro. > > Yes, hands, among other things…(my pinky is a ring size 12, on which rests a silver Aztec calendar ring I got in Mexico > I have had more than a few compliments on my massage techniques and abilities, if I do say so myself. Would you prefer a powder, oil, hot stone, or perhaps Reiki? You are such a dedicated teacher, how could I ask for more? Oh my! So many choices…how can I choose just one? is flirting in one post with three men too much? > [@Monstre](#): > > Hee hee – idle flattery will get you everywhere… > > Are you thinking of the younger pic I posted, when Monstre was a young whelp? That one’s not current. (Although the second one I posted in the photo thread is very recent). > > Oh, and… > > Monstre \<— pianist = skilled hands. Not at all m’dear, not at all. The picture with the bird was the younger one, the one with the puppy was taken about two years later, I’d wager. 😉 You do have a good point about the hands… ~winks~ > [@Shirt Ninja 13](#): > > well-said > _sip o’ the vodka_ > > sooooo (he said, trying to think of the worst opening line ever)…did you know the ninja can strike without warning? > _bamf_ Is that vanilla vodka with coke by chance? ~bats eyelashes~ Sadly, this is NOT the worst opening line I’ve ever heard. I wish it was. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/392 "2005-02-24T02:58:44Z")
> [@Shirt Ninja 13](#): > > (restrains urge to _bamf_ and sets out to mingle) Tananda, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/393 "2005-02-24T03:04:34Z")
> [@Shirt Ninja 13](#): > > well-said 🙂 > _sip o’ the vodka_ > > sooooo (he said, trying to think of the worst opening line ever)…did you know the ninja can strike without warning? > _bamf_ I think this is a good line. I would like this line. but then, I have the hots for **Nightcrawler**. _waves to **CandidGamera** _ Hi! ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/394 "2005-02-24T03:09:24Z")
> [@Jaade](#): > > You are such a dedicated teacher, how could I ask for more? > > Oh my! > > So many choices…how can I choose just one? > > Is that vanilla vodka with coke by chance? ~bats eyelashes~ We’re a fully functioning firehouse here, **Jaade** ~pours the Stoli Vanil and Coke with two cherries into a pint glass~ Here you go. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/395 "2005-02-24T03:10:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I think this is a good line. I would like this line. but then, I have the hots for **Nightcrawler**. Verrrrrry interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/396 "2005-02-24T03:14:29Z")
> [@Jaade](#): > > Not at all m’dear, not at all. The picture with the bird was the younger one, the one with the puppy was taken about two years later, I’d wager. 😉 _cough sputter_ Oh, now you’re just kissing up. 😉 (The second pic was a couple months ago. The first… let’s just say it was before you were “helping men improve their perv skills”). > [@](#): > > Sadly, this is NOT the worst opening line I’ve ever heard. I wish it was. So what was the worst? ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/397 "2005-02-24T03:18:05Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > We’re a fully functioning firehouse here, **Jaade** > ~pours the Stoli Vanil and Coke with two cherries into a pint glass~ > > Here you go. ~sighs and relaxes~ Wow, a good drink, great music, and a hunky fireman giving me a massage. I really don’t know that I can think of anything better than this… ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/398 "2005-02-24T03:21:58Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > _cough sputter_ > > Oh, now you’re just kissing up. 😉 > > (The second pic was a couple months ago. The first… let’s just say it was before you were “helping men improve their perv skills”). > > So what was the worst? Is it working? ~grins~ I seriously doubt you are much older than me. The worst opening line? ~thinks~ “My wife’s out of town, would you and your friend like to come back to my place?” If there was a worse one, I don’t remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/399 "2005-02-24T03:25:09Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Verrrrrry interesting. I think you have a crush on him, too, yes? Or am I wrong? ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541/400 "2005-02-24T03:27:19Z")
> [@Jaade](#): > > Is it working? ~grins~ I seriously doubt you are much older than me. > > The worst opening line? ~thinks~ “My wife’s out of town, would you and your friend like to come back to my place?” If there was a worse one, I don’t remember it. What’s worse than that is the idea that the line MUST have worked at some point, or he probably wouldn’t have it in his bag-o-trix. So, **Jaade** , need a refill yet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compliment-chat-up-flirt-with-your-doper-of-choice-here/290541.md?page=21)